Lighting-fixture ring



July 22., 1924. 1,502,461

- A. CooPER LIGHTING FIXTURE RING Filed Feb. 24. 1923 Patented .lluly 22, 1924.

.iii CE ABRAHAM COOPER, OF BROOKLYN, YORK.

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Application fled'ebruary 24, 1923. Serial No. 620,875.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known .that l, ABRAHAM COOPER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Lighting-Fixture Rings, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to lighting fixtures and more particularly to that type of lighting fixture consisting of a plurality of arms connected to aV ring. Lightingfixtures of this type have been'constructed heretofore, but so far as I am aware the ring member has been made as an integral structure and has been connected to the several arms included in the fixture by suitable coupling members or otherwise, `which latter members are adapted to receive and `have attached thereto the sockets or other ldevices to which the lighting members of the fixture are connected. In this type of fixture, therefore, in which the integrallyconstructed ring is' employed the fixture obviouslyl was not adapted to have the parts disconnected so as to be packed in a relatively small space `for shipping, storing, or other purposes. The object, therefore, of my' present invention is the' provision of a fixture structure in which the ring member is split or divided and is so formed as to adapt the ends of the members of' thering to inter-engage and to be connected to each other and to the arm members of the fixture in such a manner that when assembled the` joints of the ring member are invisible p thereby producing the same effect as the fixture in which the ring isv made as` an integral structure' and which at the Sametime permits the parts of the fixture to baseparated so as to make it possible to place the entire fixture in a relatively small space for the ring` is divided is also immaterial to the shipping, storing and other purposes, makingit readily possible to assemble the parts y ofthe fixture at the place at which the same is tobe used. V

In carrying out the invention, therefore, the fixture ring to which the samek'more especially .relates Vcomprises .a plurality of partsor memberaeaeh member being constructed at onek end to inter-engage with the adjacent end' of they next ring membery fect or in a plain manner one end of yeach r"section of the'ring is provided with afrecess 713 and yshoulders 14 and 15.

and in such'a manner as to permit all the ring members to lie in substantially the samer plane, while thev inter-engaged ends 'of the 1 members of the ring are `adapted to be' connected to one another and to the arm members of the fixture by a suitable coupling or other device to which the lighting elements of the fixture are attached. One end Vof each member of the divided ring is also providedy with an element, preferably an ornamental device, so connected thereto as to cover the joint between the ends of the members of the ring thereby making the joint invisible and giving the ring the appearance `of an integrally.constructed member, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing:V Fig. l is an inverted plan and partial section of a lighting fixture in which my pres- :fent invention is incorporated.

Fig. 2 is a plan of one end of a ring member.

Fig. 3-is a plan of the adjacent end of another ring member,V and Fig. 4- is a sectional elevation on the line 4-4;, Fig. l illustrating the manner in which the ends of the members of the ring are connected to each other and to an arm of the fixture.

Referring to the drawing, thek splitor divided ring member for a lighting fixture to whichfthis invention particularly relates .is made to comprise a plurality of sections 'indicated respectively at lO, ll, and l2 to forma semi-circle or one-half of the ring, it being understood that the other portions of the ring are ,similarly constructed to comlete the same. It isalso to be understood that the design shown in the drawing is merely illustrative vas any suitable design may be employed, or in fact the ring may be made without any ornamental effect and still be within the spirit of the invention.

The number of the sections intov which invention, butr obviously isgoverned in any individual instance by the number of the arms' employed in thefixture in which the ringis to be used.' rAs illustrated inthe drawing,therefore, there' are six sections to the ring inasmuch as the fixture is prorvvided withsix arms. A j of thenumber of sections in the ringvand Irrespective, however,

whether it is made with an ornamental ef- At this end of the ring valso vthere is suitably connected Wreath or may be made in any other design to harmonize with the general design of the ring and is secured in an offset position in any suitable manner to the obverse face of this end of the member of the ring. Centrally the ornamental cover member 16 is provided With an aperture 17.

The opposite end of each member of the ring is provided with a projection 18 and shoulders 19 and 20, together with an aperture or opening 21. As illustrated, the recess 13 is semi-circular and the edge of the projection 18 is also semi-circular and adapted to fit Within the recess 13 in such a manner that the shoulder 2O abuts against the shoulder 14 and the shoulder 19 abuts against the shoulder 15, in Which position also the aperture 21 is concentric With the aperture 17 and the bodies of these members of the ring are adapted to lie in the same pla-ne, the obverse face of the member 11 lying flush against a portion of the reverse face of the ornamental cover member 16.

As hereinbefore stated, the fixture comprisesa plurality of arms, each of which is indicated at 22. At the end of each arm there is a socket 23V comprising a tapped opening adapted to receive the stud or screw threaded end 24 of a coupling or other device 25. With the parts of the ring assembled as hereinbefore described the screw1V threaded stud 24 is passed through the apertures or openings 17 and 21 and turned doWn into the tapped opening 23 so as to cause the end of the arm to bear against the reverse face of the ring member 11, and the arm at the-end thereof is of sufficient diameter to also engage a portion of the reverse face of the ring member 10, While the coupling 25 is preferably provided with a shoulder 26 Y adapted to engage the obverse face or a portion thereof of the ornamental cover member 16. This, as Will be understood, connects theadjacent ends of the members of the ring and also secures the same in position to the arms of the fixture.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular manner as shown for the interengagement of the adjacent end of the members of the ring as other and equivalent constructions rmay be c used Without departing from the nature and joint between the same and the interengag-V ingend of thenext adjacent section, and

means acting through the said device and with the inter-engaging end of the next adjacent section for simultaneously connecting these ends of the sections to one another and to an arm of the fixture. Y

2. In a lighting fixture, a plurality of fixture arms, a ring divided into a plurality of sections, eachsection comprising a iat member, with one end thereof adapted to interlock With the end of the next adjacent section, a device 'secured to one end of each of the ring sections and extending beyond the same for covering the oint made between the end to Which the device is attached and the interlocking end of the next adjacent section of the ring, and means acting through said device and the interlocking end of the next adjacent section for connecting theinterlocking ends of adjacent sections to one another and simultaneously to an arm of the lighting fixture so that the sections of the ring lie in substantially the same plane.

3. In a lighting fixture, a plurality of fixture arms, a ring divided into a plurality of relatively, flat sections, With one end of each section provided with a recess and shoulders and the opposite end of each section provided with a projection and shoulders so that when the sections of the ring are placed in position the projection at the end of one section engages With the recess at the end of the next adjacent section and the shoulders at the ends of the sections abut against one another, a cover member secured to the end of each section in Which thesaid recess is placed, there being an aperture in the said cover member and also in the end of each section in which the saidY projection is placed, the said apertures being in alignment When the ends of adjacent ring members are inter-engaged by the projection at the end of one member entering the recess at the end of the next member and the said shoulders abut-ting against one another, and means for connecting the ends of adjacent sections together and simultaneously to an arm of the fixture. Y

4. In a lighting fixture, a plurality of lixture arms, a ring divided into a plurality of relatively flat sections, With one end of each section provided With a recess and shoulders and the opposite end of each section pro-V vided With a projection and shoulders so that When thesections of the ring are placed in position the projection at the vend of one sectionengages With the recess atthe end of the next adjacent section and the shoulders at the ends of the sections abut against one another, a cover member secured to the end of each section in Which the said recess is placed, there being an aperture in the' said Vcover membery and also in the end of each ,me.nt, when the ends ofadjacent ring members are inter-engaged by the projection at the end of one member entering the recess at the end of the neXt member and the said shoulders abutting against one another7 and s a coupling member having a reduced end portion adapted to pass through the apertures in the ends of adjacent ring members and to engage the end of an arm of the X- ture to simultaneouslyconnect the ring members together and to the arm of the xture. f

Signed by me this 26th day of January, 1923.

ABRAHAM COOPER. 

